

For this purpose a VM with a single disk will be used which is enough for the initial OS installation and software updates and the latest versions of PostgreSQL 11 and pgAdmin 4. The overall Linux CentOS 7 install process is very easy and straight forward. The idea is to reproduce in a homelab possible enterprise scenarios with the intent to test and tweak the production environments when ready. More articles and configurations specific to Linux CentOS will follow.

The idea is to provide protection by leveraging the Veeam Agent for Linux and also create additional rules for custom SureBackup jobs. The purpose is to create a sandbox environment and learn how to deploy and protect this popular database server and operating system as well. Same virtual machine will also be used for a PostgreSQL and pgAdmin deployment. This article covers the main steps for a Linux CentOS 7 install in a VMware vSphere environment together with the open-vm-tools.
